Interesting applying for my Tassie visa today.I am due to return next Sunday.Told by the local health region that I must apply for an essential traveller pass 7 days before arrival.So I did.Boy have they made it more difficult.Had to put down where I stayed every night for the last 14 days including postcodes.Found out Hayman Island doesn't have one so used Airlie beach again.
Sent it off about 1215.
1742 and I get a SMS message - application successful.But a little later when I went to my emails there is an email at 1747 saying -Application unsuccessful.Caused a bit of consternation.But whilst I am figuring out what to do I get another email.The reason for your application being unsuccessful is you have only been in a low risk area so you don't need a G2G pass just a Tas E travel pass done 24 hours before you arrive.
Boy has the world become a silly place.
The nasty twist in that scenario is that the E-travel pass can only be applied for, 24 hours before travelling. For someone living in Tasmania, but working interstate, this means you leave home with no guarantee of being able to return.
They refuse to grant a G2G pass if you have only been in a low risk area, as per your experience. My feeling is that they should grant a G2G pass to any eligible essential traveller who's prepared to go to the the trouble of applying. When I leave home to do work interstate, I need some assurance that I'm going to be allowed to come home. Not find myself in a hotel room, with a flight the next morning, and my E-travel application rejected because somewhere I've been has been re-classified.